The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you may imagine that there might be little affinity for going to Zimbabwe’s casinos. In fact, it appears to be working the other way, with the crucial market conditions leading to a larger desire to gamble, to attempt to locate a quick win, a way out of the problems.
For most of the people living on the meager local earnings, there are two established types of gambling, the national lottery and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lotto where the odds of succeeding are remarkably low, but then the jackpots are also unbelievably high. It’s been said by economists who understand the situation that most do not buy a card with an actual assumption of hitting. Zimbet is centered on one of the national or the British football divisions and involves determining the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other foot, pamper the extremely rich of the country and sightseers. Until recently, there was a very substantial vacationing business, founded on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and associated violence have cut into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree Casino, which has just the slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slot machines. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which have gaming tables, one armed bandits and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which offer video poker machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforestated mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there are a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the market has contracted by more than 40 percent in recent years and with the connected poverty and violence that has come to pass, it is not understood how well the tourist industry which supports Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will be alive until things improve is basically unknown.
